Katz on Buzz re BE Commish

Katz, in today's 3 Point Shot blog, says Buzz is frustrated re lack of a commissioner.

http://espn.go.com/collegiatebasketb...ces-tough-road

Bad link to the blog.

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebaske...z-3-point-shot

2. Count Marquette coach Buzz Williams in the camp that is frustrated about no commissioner being named of the new Big East yet. The coaches and athletic directors meet Monday in Florida and adviser and former Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe will be running the meeting unless someone is suddenly hired over the weekend. Williams said the same issues were discussed at the Final Four and he said he wondered if anything new could be talked about since there is still no leadership. The new 10-team Big East starts competition in August in fall sports. Marquette still needs one more game on its schedule with a slate that includes Ohio State, a road game at Arizona State, the three-game tournament in Anaheim, at Wisconsin and playing New Mexico in Las Vegas.

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Originally Posted by Jim Ganzer, "IWB"

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebaske...z-3-point-shot

2. Count Marquette coach Buzz Williams in the camp that is frustrated about no commissioner being named of the new Big East yet. The coaches and athletic directors meet Monday in Florida and adviser and former Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe will be running the meeting unless someone is suddenly hired over the weekend. Williams said the same issues were discussed at the Final Four and he said he wondered if anything new could be talked about since there is still no leadership. The new 10-team Big East starts competition in August in fall sports. Marquette still needs one more game on its schedule with a slate that includes Ohio State, a road game at Arizona State, the three-game tournament in Anaheim, at Wisconsin and playing New Mexico in Las Vegas.

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It's very sad that ESPN gives us more info on Marquette, than the local paper puts out.

How can anybody ignore the fact that this is ridiculous? The damn league starts on July 1st, which is just a little over a month away. They announced the split back in January. Once they had that press conference in New York with Fox, a commish should have been hired shortly thereafter.

You get a few finialists, do a round of interviews, and make a decision. What's the freaking problem?

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Originally Posted by MU/Panther

It's very sad that ESPN gives us more info on Marquette, than the local paper puts out.

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What's the Journal Sentinel supposed to do? Put an article in the sports page in May that the Big East doesn't have a commissioner? It will be a story when one is actually hired.

Completely agree. Do they have any sort of "bureaucracy" working on anything like scheduling and the like? I mean, they did hire a supervisor of officials...but is there more there?

The problem is more than likely too many big egos in the room that want their choice. I get the feeling that the stories of an MU vs GTown power struggle are closer to true than many would believe.

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Bad link to the blog.

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http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebaske...z-3-point-shot

Does the New Mexico game mean no UCLA game?

"Marquette still needs one more game on its schedule with a slate that includes Ohio State, a road game at Arizona State, the three-game tournament in Anaheim, at Wisconsin and playing New Mexico in Las Vegas."

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Originally Posted by Awilhelmscream

The problem is more than likely too many big egos in the room that want their choice. I get the feeling that the stories of an MU vs GTown power struggle are closer to true than many would believe.

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Bingo!!!!!